POLICE have launched an urgent search for an 11-year-old girl captured on CCTV with a man and woman.
Fatuma Kadir was reported missing at 11.45pm last night from her home in Bolton.
She was seen boarding a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street at 9.27pm before travelling to London Euston.
Police have now released CCTV images of Fatuma with a man and woman, who she arrived in the capital with at 1.17am.
The youngster is understood to have left Euston station alone and headed onto Eversholt Street towards Euston Road.
Police are appealing for anyone who saw Fatuma or the man and woman she was travelling with to come forward.
She has been described as Asian and of a slim build. Fatuma was last seen wearing a black headscarf and black dress.
The woman is described as black, of a slim build and was wearing a light blue tunic, black pants and black trainers with a white sole.
Her face was covered with a white face mask and she was carrying an orange carrier bag.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Rollinson, from Bolton district, said: "We are understandably extremely concerned about the welfare of this young girl who was reported missing to us last night as it would seem extremely out of character.
"We've been working throughout the night with colleagues from British Transport Police (BTP) and Metropolitan Police and are now releasing a CCTV image of the three when they arrived at Manchester Piccadilly train station.
"We want to ensure that the girl is safe and well and would ask for anyone with information – no matter how small it may be – to come forward.
Anyone with information can call police on 0161 856 5757 quoting log number 3275 of 22/07/2021 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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